Jeanette Winterson Quotes
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The symbolic power of Barack Obama's presidency - that whiteness was no longer strong enough to prevent peons taking up residence in the castle - assaulted the most deeply rooted notions of white supremacy and instilled fear in its adherents and beneficiaries.
Ta-Nehisi Coates -
Getting old is a fascination thing. The older you get, the older you want to get.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
As a child I really didn't like men at all, in fact.
Natalia Vodianova -
From the moment this war began, there was, for this state, only one policy possible, neutrality.
Eamon de Valera -
Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.
Victoria Osteen -
There are so many young women coming up through the ranks. Adele is an amazing singer. Beyonce has great stage presence. She's just a beautiful woman. I love how everyone has just taken charge of their lives and careers.
Pat Benatar
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I came to the U.S. in 1994 to learn English and go to business school, but I took only a few business courses at the State University of New York at Albany and didn't finish.
Hamdi Ulukaya -
Regardless of what you're searching, you ain't gonna find it until you include God. Because, if you have a problem with women, drugs, or whatever the case may be, the only person that can fix that problem is God.
Gary Sheffield -
You dread that there will be real problems during filming.
Ralph Fiennes -
We need to notice and be aware of the injustices embedded in our criminal system.
Rand Paul -
Bullfights are a very cultural thing. I know many people think it's cruel, but so many things are cruel. Hunting, the electric chair, wars. These are all cruel things as well.
Fernando Botero -
Well, I've thought many times when my career was in the toilet, that I was going to have to seriously consider getting another job, I don't know what I'd do.
Aaron Eckhart
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One thing I carried my whole life, especially from my grandparents in Chicago, was a huge idealism for the world.
Abigail Washburn -
There's no job that will humble you like the White House press secretary job.
Dana Perino -
Your spirit is your spirit, whether you're religious or whatever.
Samantha Morton -
During the course of the seven years I played scenes with an oil slick, I played a scene with a grain of rice. Sometimes with indescribable creatures. I remember having a conversation with something which was simply a smell, that's all. It was part of our job.
Patrick Stewart -
I just love the fact that a man possesses something that a woman can never understand because we don't have the experiences of it and that a woman possesses something that the man doesn't understand because only she possesses it.
Cameron Diaz -
I don't know why people are so down on the Best Western. They have the best sweet potato fries I've ever had.
Carey Mulligan
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My boyfriend and I just got a projector, so we've been screening movies on the roof and projecting them against the wall next door. The last one we did, the theme was, 'The Russians are coming.' So we screened 'Red Dawn' and 'Top Gun.'
Olivia Thirlby -
I don't like the idea that fame could mean that people can no longer relate to me.
Jessica Chastain -
I grew up riding all my life, so I was very comfy on a horse, thank God. Although I'd never ridden... with sword in my hand.
Joshua Sasse -
You can't, as an actor, conduct yourself by making constant references to other people.
Peter Capaldi -
To be a Jew, essentially and not just accidentally, is to regard the Jewish people as one's sole primal community. Election by the unique God requires total and unconditional loyalty to one people.
David Novak -
My books always begin with a sentence and an image - not necessarily connected.
Jeanette Winterson